Feigen — video of a team

LONDON — Jimmy Feigen spent the opening ceremonies on the balcony of his Village room, because that was as close as his coaches would let him get to the Olympic Stadium. Then he got up the next morning to relax and get ready for his Sunday relay.

But he also made it over to the Aquatics Centre Saturday to support his teammates, and he says this is something that might not be clear to everyone.

“People think swimming is such an individual sport,” he said. “But we treat it like a team sport.”

That’s another reason Feigen, the Churchill graduate, likes the video.

It shows as much.

Feigen jokes “that was my breakout moment.”

Really?

“Yeah,” he laughed. “I had a couple sweet roles.”

The team had planned to do some kind of dance video for a few weeks, then used the down time on the trans-Atlantic flight to put it together. They lip sync the song “Call Me Maybe,” and the opening shot of Michael Phelps is startling.

He flies coach?

Feigen thought all of it kept everyone loose, but he liked the message most of all. Feigen and his fellow swimmers compete against each other, sometimes for medals and sometimes for slots on relay teams. But they also swim for their country and each other.